Pt application of modality traction mechanical at CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

225 FALCON DR, Mt. Sterling, KY · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1679679146

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$82.83

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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$226.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$14.63 with BCBS - Anthem vs $202.93 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|HMO PPO $14.63 ↓ -82%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|Pathway $14.63 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Medicaid|All Plans $46.68 ↓ -44%
Aetna Medicaid|Better Health $51.29 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicaid|All Plans $51.81 ↓ -37%
Passport by Molina Medicaid|All Plans $52.32 ↓ -37%
United Medicaid|All Plans $52.32 ↓ -37%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $53.86 ↓ -35%
Humana Commercial|All Plans $95.89 ↑ +16%
United Commercial|Options $111.50 ↑ +35%
United Commercial|Non-Options $111.50 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $149.41 ↑ +80%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $149.41 ↑ +80%
Aetna Commercial|All Other Plans $149.41 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $202.93 ↑ +145%

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Pt application of modality traction mechanical at other Kentucky hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea $114.25 $23.73 – $78.26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph London London $83.15 $33.28 – $212.03
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East Lexington $105.24 $63.55 – $236.60
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington $123.43 $61.08 – $236.60
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown $100.56 $41.46 – $213.85
Adventhealth Manchester Manchester $125.40 $13.67 – $13.67

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